THE MANTHAN SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA (W)

GRADE – 9 SCIENCE
QUESTION BANK
Chapter – 6 The Fundamental Unit of life

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion is followed by a statement of reason.

Mark the correct choice as:
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

Q.1. Assertion: A cell swells up when present in a hypotonic solution.

Reason: More water molecules enter the cell than they leave.

Q.2. Assertion : The endoplasmic reticulum which lacks ribosomes is called smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Reason : SER is mainly involved in protein synthesis.

Q.3. Assertion : Mitochondria and chloroplasts are semiautonomous organelles.

Reason : They are formed by division of pre-existing organelles and contain DNA but lack protein synthesizing
machinery.

Q.4. Assertion : Plasma membrane is selectively permeable.

Reason : Plasma membrane allows some molecules to pass through it more easily than others.

Q.5. Assertion : Leucoplasts perform photosynthesis.

Reason : Chloroplasts store fats, starch and proteins.

Q.6. Assertion : Cell wall is a non-living part of the cell.

Reason : It offers protection, definite shape and support.

Q.7. Assertion : A cell membrane shows fluid behaviour.

Reason : A membrane is a mosaic of lipids and proteins.

Q.8. Assertion : A plant cell bursts if placed in water.

Reason : High turgor pressure causes bursting of plant cells.

Q.9. Assertion : Mitochondria are called ‘powerhouses’ of the cell.

Reason : Mitochondria produce cellular energy in the form of ATP.

Q.10. Assertion : Plant cells have very large vacuoles.

Reason : In plant cells, vacuoles are full of cell sap.

Q.11. A cell will swell up if

(a) The concentration of water molecules in the cell is higher than the concentration of water molecules in the
surrounding medium.
(b) The concentration of water molecules in the surrounding medium is higher than the concentration of water
molecules in the cell.
(c) The concentration of water molecules is same in the cell and in the surrounding medium
(d) The concentration of water molecules does not matter.

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Q.12. Which of the following statement marks as a difference between plant cell and animal cell?
(a) Plant cells have cell wall which animal cells do not.
(b) Plant cells do not have vacuole while animal cells do have.
(c) Plant cells have only cell membrane while animal cells have both cell wall as well as cell membrane.
(d) Plant cells have more plastids while animal cells have few plastids.

Q.13. Endoplasmic reticulum one of the cell organelles, exists as a membranous network that extends from
outer membrane of nucleus to the plasma membrane making a connection between them.

Which of the following statements is not related to the endoplasmic reticulum?

(a) It behaves as transport channel for proteins between nucleus and cytoplasm.
(b) It transports materials between various regions in cytoplasm.
(c) It can be the site of energy generation.
(d) It can be the site of some biochemical activities of the cell.

Q.14. Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane
from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one. Can you pick out the option among the
following which does not belong to this process?
(a) The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane is affected by the amount of substances
dissolved in it.
(b) Membranes are made of organic molecules such as proteins and lipids.
(c) Molecules soluble in organic solvents can easily pass through the membrane.
(d) Plasma membranes contain chitin sugar in plants.

Q.15. The nucleus controls all the activities of the cell and acts as a site of DNA material and protein synthesis.
It is composed of some components which all together give the nucleus its functionality. Here is shown a figure
of nucleus with some of its components labeled as A, B, C and D. can you name these components correctly?

(a) A – Nucleons; B – Chromatin; C – Nuclear membrane; D – Nucleoplasm

(b) A – Nucleus; B – Chromatin; C – Nuclear membrane; D – Nucleoplasm
(c) A – Nucleolus; B – Chromatin; C – Nuclear membrane; D – Nucleoplasm
(d) A – Nucleolus; B – Chromatin; C – Nuclear membrane; D – Nuclear wall

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Q.16. You must have observed that a fruit when unripe is green but it becomes beautifully coloured when ripe.
According to you what is the reason behind this colour change.
(a) Chloroplasts change to chromosplasts (b) Chromosplasts change to chromosomes
(c) Chloroplasts change to chromosomes (d) Chromosplasts change to chloroplasts

Q.17. Rahul’s mother was going to make pickle. For this she cut the vegetables into small pieces and put them
in the sun for few hours. Rahul was observing all her activities very curiously and asked his mother if why she
had put the salted vegetables in the sun. among the following what might be the most appropriate answer for
his question?
(a) So that the pickle may get extra flavour.
(b) So that the cut vegetables may absorb the vitamin d as a nutrient from the sun rays.
(c) So that the vegetables may lose all the water by diffusion and evaporation and become dry.
(d) So that the salt may get evenly and properly absorbed by the vegetables.

Q.18. The process of plasmolysis in plant cell is defined as:

(a) Breakdown of plasma membrane in hypotonic solution.
(b) Shrinkage of cytoplasm in hypertonic medium.
(c) Shrinkage of Nucleoplasm.
(d) None of these.

Q.19. Mitochondria are the sites of respiration in the cell. They oxidize carbohydrates and fats present in the
cell to produce carbon dioxide, water and a lot of energy. The energy so released is stored in the form of ATP
molecules. Since mitochondria in the cell are used to synthesize energy so, they are also called:
(a) Energy currency of the cell
(b) Energy generator of the cell
(c) Kitchen of the cell
(d) Powerhouse of the cell

Q.20. Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. The word cell is derived from the Latin word ‘cellula’
which means “a little room”. Can you name the scientist who coined the term cell?
(a) Robert Hooke
(b) Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
(c) Robert Brown
(d) Ernst Haeckel

Q.21. In a test, a teacher collected the answers written by four students as the definition of osmosis as given
below. Read carefully and select the correct one.
(a) Movement of water molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration
through a semipermeable membrane.
(b) Movement of solvent molecules from its higher concentration to lower concentration.
(c) Movement of solvent molecules from higher concentration to lower of solution through a permeable
membrane.
(d) Movement of solute molecules from lower concentration to higher concentration of solution through a
semipermeable membrane.

Q.22. Among the following statements which one is incorrect?

(a) Golgi apparatus is involved with formation of lysosomes.
(b) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid have DNA, hence they are able to make their own structural proteins.
(c) Lysosomes are called the suicide bags as they eat up their own cells.
(d) Cytoplasm is called known as protoplasm.

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Q.23. Anjali wanted to eat rice and kidney bean (rajmah). She requested her mother to cook the same on next
day. At night her mother took a cup of kidney beans and put them in a container having some water and the
kept the container covered overnight. Next day it was observed that the kidney beans got swollen and were
ready to be cooked. What is this phenomenon due to which kidney beans got swollen is known as?
(i) Osmosis
(ii) Diffusion
(iii) Endosmosis
(iv) Exosmosis
Choose the correct option among the following:
(a) Only (iii) (b) Both (i) and (iii) (c) Both (i) and (iv) (d) Only (i)

Q.24. A vacuole is a space or cavity within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically
containing fluid. They are a kind of storage sacs that are very large sized in plant cell as compared to that in the
animal cell.
Which among the following is not a function of the vacuole?
(a) They help to store the toxic metabolic by-products of the plant cell.
(b) They provide turgidity and rigidity to the plant cell.
(c) They help to maintain the osmotic pressure in the cell.
(d) They help the plant in its growth by the process of cell division.

Q.25. The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured by:
(a) Endoplasmic reticulum (b) Golgi apparatus (c) Mitochondria (d) Peroxisomes

Q.26. What will happen, a when a human RBC is a placed in a hypotonic environment?
(a) It undergoes plasmolysis (b) It undergoes turgidity (c) It is at equilibrium (d) None of the above

Q.27. If a plant cell is kept in a hypotonic solution, it will

(a) Increase in its volume (b) Maintain the same volume (c) Decrease in its volume (d) Burst

Q.28. An eukaryotic cell ranges in size from:

(a) 5-100 micrometre (b) 1-10 micrometre (c) 5-100 nanometre (d) 1-10 nanometre

Q.29. Which of the following is not a function of golgi apparatus?

(a) Detoxification of poisons and drugs (b) Storage and packaging of products
(c) Formation of lysosomes (d) Production of complex sugars

Q.30. The structure/organelle of a cell that functions as a passage for intracellular transport as well as a
manufacturing surface, is
(a) ribosome (b) endoplasmic reticulum (c) plastids (d) plasma membrane

Q.31. Which out of the following is not a function of the vacuole?

(a) Storage (b) Providing turgidity and rigidity to the cell (c) Waste excretion (d) Locomotion

Q.32. Cell wall is absent in

(a) Plants (b) Bacteria (c) Fungi (d) Mycoplasma

Q.33. Which microscope made it possible to observe the complex structure of cell and its organelles?
(a) Simple (b) Electron (c) Light (d) Compound

Q.34. The fluid content inside the plasma membrane of a cell is called
(a) Cytoplasm (b) Toplasm (c) Nucleoplasm (d) Protoplasm

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Q.35. Which of the following substances are not stored in vacuoles?
(a) Amino acids (b) Sugars (c) DNA (d) Proteins

Q.36. What is the full form of ATP?

(a) Adenosine triphosphate (b) Amino triphosphate (c) Amino tetraphosphate (d) Adenosine tetraphosphate

Q.37. The cells present in the cork slice are:

(a) Live cells (b) Bacterial cell (c) Animal cells (d) Dead cells

Q.38. Which of these is not related to endoplasmic reticulum?

(a) It behaves as transport channel for proteins between nucleus and cytoplasm
(b) It transports materials between various regions in cytoplasm
(c) It can be the site of energy generation
(d) It can be the site for some biochemical activities of the cell

Q.39. In which year the nucleus of the cell was discovered?

(a) 1813 (b) 1665 (c) 1674 (d) 1831

Q.40. Cell wall is mainly made up of

(a) Maltose (b) Cellulose (c) Sucrose (d) Fructose

Q.41. Name the plastids in which starch, oils and protein granules are stored?
(a) Leucoplasts (b) Chloroplasts (c) Chromoplasts (d) Protoplasts

Q.42. A prokaryotic cell does not possess

(a) Cell membrane (b) Cell wall (c) Nuclear membrane (d) Both (a) and (c)

Q.43. In plant cells, many substances important for life are stored in
(a) plastids (b) mitochondria (c) vacuoles (d) lysosomes

Q.44. Which statement is false with respect to multi-cellular organisms?

(a) Multicellular organisms show division of labour.
(b) In multi-cellular organisms, groups of cells perform specific roles.
(c) Different groups of cells are inter-dependent on each other for their continued existence.
(d) All the cells perform the same function in a multi-cellular organism.

Q.45. How does protoplasm differ from cytoplasm?

(a) Protoplasm is same as cytoplasm (b) Protoplasm includes nucleus and cytoplasm.
(c) Protoplasm is a part of cytoplasm (d) Cytoplasm and protoplasm are parts of nucleus.

Q.46. Engulfing of food materials or foreign bodies by cells like Amoeba is called
(a) Diffusion (b) Endocytosis (c) Osmosis (d) Plasmolysis

Q.47. Prokaryotic cell contains:

(a) Two chromosomes (b) Three chromosomes (c) Single chromosome (d) Variable number of chromosomes

Q.48. A prokaryotic cell ranges in size from:

(a) 1-10 nanometre (b) 5-100 nanometre (c) 1-10 micrometre (d) 5-100 micrometre

Q.49. The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured by
(a) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (b) Golgi apparatus (c) Plasma membrane (d) Mitochondria

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Q.50. Name the plastid important for photosynthesis in plants.
(a) Leucoplast (b) Chromoplast (c) Chloroplast (d) Cytoplast

Q.51. Name two cell regions containing their own genetic material.
(a) Mitochondria and Plastids (b) Lysosomes and ribosomes
(c) Nucleus and mitochondria (d) Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum

Q.52. The membrane of Golgi apparatus has connections with those of

(a) Nuclear membrane (b) Endoplasmic reticulum (c) Cell membrane (d) Mitochondria

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